Vanity cabinet



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Patented Dec. 9, 1941 VANITY CABIWT Arthur H. Lemmerhirt, Beloit, Wis., and Christian G. Olson, Rockford, Ill.

Application July 15, 1939, Serial No. 284,776

4 Claims.

This invention relates generally to vanity cabinets and more particularly to those of the type providing a mirror and a group of toilet articles.

The general object is to provide a cabinet of the above character having a hinged cover supporting a mirror in a novel manner such that the mirror will be concealed within the cabinet when the cover is closed and will be moved automatically to operative position when the cover is swung open into an inverted horizontal position.

A more detailed object is to hinge the cover to one side wall of the cabinet and support the mirror along the rear margin of the cover so that the underside of the cover will provide a supporting surface in front of the mirror when the cover is in open position.

A further object is to provide, in combination with a mirror supported in the above manner, a vanity tray mounted for automatic vertical movement within the cabinet and cooperating with the wall of the cabinet to provide an opening for receiving the mirror when the cover is closed.

Still another object is to provide an automatically operable member for closing the mirror recess within the cabinet when the cover is open.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the invention. The lid is open and parts are in section.

Fig. 2 is a top plan, the lid being open.

Fig. 3 is a top plan of the tray.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation, the back wall of the cabinet being taken off.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing one of the hinges.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a cabinet C, including corner posts I, extended to form legs 2. To the posts I are connected a back 3, a side 4, a side 5 and a front 6. Figure 4 shows that the front 6 is of no great height and is made to simulate the fronts of superposed drawers I, mounted for sliding movement in the cabinet C, below the front 6.

In the cabinet C, above the uppermost drawer I, is secured a centrally open platform 8 to which the lower edges of one-piece, transverse tray supports 9 are hinged at Ill. The ends of a connecting rod II are pivoted to the rear edges of the tray supports 9, the rear ends of the tray support having recesses I9 (Fig. 4), that receive the ends of the connecting rod.

The tray support 9 that is adjacent to the side of the cabinet has an upstanding finger I2 to which is pivoted a link I4. A lid i5 is hinged at It to the side 4 of the cabinet and on that surface of the lid which is uppermost when the lid is opened as in Fig. 1, is secured a plate of glass II on which articles may be placed, when the lid is open. In the inner part of the lid I5 and in the adjacent corner post I there are alined slots I8, which receive the link I4, when the lid I5 is opened as in Fig. 1. The link I4 is pivoted to the lid I5 and engages the side 4, to hold the lid in the open position of Fig. l, and the link takes some strain off the lid hinges I6.

A tray 20 rests on the tray supports 9 and has a removable top 2| provided with openings 22, shaped to receive various articles, used in connection with toilet making. The top 2I is supported on posts 23 (Fig. 4) secured in the corners of the tray 20.

When the lid I5 is closed to the horizontal position of Fig. 5, the link I4, the finger I2 and the connecting rod II fold down the tray supports 9 until they rest on the platform 8, in a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 5, and the tray 20 is lowered until its upper surface is below the upper surface of the cabinet C. This lowering of the tray 20 is desirable, because some of the articles mounted in the openings 22 of the top 2! of the tray may be of considerable height and, unless the tray were lowered, they might prevent the closing of the lid I5.

A U-shaped mirror bracket 24 is hinged at 240 to the lid I5, near the rear edge of the lid, and is held releasably in parallel relation to the back 3 of the cabinet by a catch 2, pivoted to the lid and adapted to engage the bracket. A mirror 25 is pivoted at 26 to the mirror bracket 24 for swinging movement about an axis parallel to the lid I5. In order to stop the mirror 25 in the same plane with the mirror bracket 24, for a purpose which will be made manifest hereinafter, the mirror bracket is supplied, as shown in Fig. 5, with an abutment 21.

It can be seen in Fig. 4 that there is a vertical space 28 between the cabinet back 3 on the one hand, and the tray 20 and the drawers I on the other hand. When the lid I5 is closed, as in Fig. 5, the mirror bracket 24 and the mirror 25 enter the space 28. In order that this may be accomplished, the mirror 25 must be in the same plane with the mirror bracket 24, and, consequently, the mirror abutment 21 of Fig. is provided.

When the lid I5 is opened into horizontal position of Fig. 1, it is desirable to close the upper end of the opening 28, to avoid an unsightly appearance, and to prevent articles from being pushed off the elevated tray into the upper end of the opening 28. In order to provide means for closing the upper end of the opening 28, a strip 29 is located in the upper end of the opening 28 and is connected to one of the posts I by a hinge 30, comprising a strong spring 3|. The spring 3| tends to raise the closure strip 29 until it reaches a horizontal position, and then a stop finger 32 on the free end of the closure strip engages one of the posts I and prevents further upward movement of the closure strip. The closure strip 29 is recessed at 33, at its inner end, to permit the movement of the finger I2 and the link I4.

When the lid I5 is closed, the mirror bracket 24 swings down the closure strip 29 on its hinge 39 to the depending position shown in Fig. 5, the mirror bracket 24 and the mirror 25 entering the space shown at 28 in Fig. 4. The spring SI of the hinge 30 is a strong spring, and, react ing with respect to the closure strip 29, causes the closure strip 29 to aid .in the opening of I the lid I 5, an observation which will be under.-

stood readily when Figs. 5 and 6 are noted. I

-When the lid I5 is opened as in Fig. 2, the lid forms a table on which articles may be placed, those articles, generally, having been removed from the tray 20, which has been elevated. The operator faces the mirror 25, and the mirror can be tilted to any convenient angle on its pivotal mounting 26.

Having thus described the claimed is:

1. A vanity cabinet having, in combination, a box-like body open at its upper end, a substantially flat cover'hinged at on of its marginal invention, what is edges to a side wall of said body at the upper.

end thereof so as to be swingable upwardly, laterally, and then downwardly from one horizontal position covering said opening to an inverted horizontal position at one side of the body, a frame projecting rigidly from the underside of said cover along the rear margin thereof at right angles to the hinge axis" of the cover whereby to be disposed in upright position whenv the cover is in said inverted position, and to leave substantially the entire area of said underside available as a work table disposed in front of said frame, and a mirror mounted on said frame and movable with the frame into and out of said body to lie alongside the rear wall'of the body when said cover is closed thereon.

2. A vanity cabinet having, in combination, a box-like body open at its upper end and having a shallow upwardly opening compartment adjacent its rear wall, a cover hinged at one of its marginal edges to a wall of said body at the upper end thereof so as to be swingable upwardly and then downwardly from one horizontal position covering said body and said compartment to an inverted horizontal position ad- .jacent said body, a support rigid with and projecting from the underside of said cover along the rear margin thereof so as to be disposed in upright positon when the cover is in said inverted position and to be projected into said compartment as the cover is closed onto said body anda mirror carried by said support in position to enter said compartment when the cover is closed onto said body.

3. A vanity cabinet having, in combination, a box-like body open at its upper end and having a shallow compartment adjacent its rear wall, said compartment being open at its upper end, a cover hinged at one ofits marginal edges to a side wall of said body at the upper end thereof so as to be swingable upwardly, laterally, and then downwardly from one horizontal position covering said body and compartment to an inverted horizontal position at one side of the body, a mirror support rigid with and projecting from the underside of said cover along the rear margin thereof and movable into and out of said compartment in the closing and opening of said cover, a closure member mounted in said body for vertical movement, and means normally urging said member upwardly into a. horizontal position closing the open upper end of said compartment, said member being engaged by said support and depressed into said compartment during closing-of said cover.

4. A vanity cabinet comprising a box-like body open at its upper end, a cover hinged at one of its marginal edges to a wall of said body at th upper end thereofso as to be swingable upwardly, laterally, 'and then downwardly from one horizontal position covering said opening to an inverted horizontal position, a frame rigid with and projecting from the underside of said, cover, a closure member disposed within said box body and swingable about an axis parallel to the cover axis and disposed within said body to be engaged and depressed by said fram during closing of said cover, and means normally urging said member'upwardly into horizontal position in said body opening automaticallyas an incident to opening of said cover.

ARTHUR H. LEMMERHIRT. CHRISTIAN G. OLSON. 

